The Wonderful War

"The Wonderful War" is one of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the fifth Saint book Featuring the Saint published in 1931. It had previously been published in the magazine Thriller as "The Judgment of the Joker."

Plot
The Saint travels to the fictional Central American nation of Pasala where he seeks to avenge the murder of an oil prospector and spark a revolution. This was the first story to feature Templar's agent Archie Sheridan, and the first to take place exclusively outside the United Kingdom. Set in an exotic location, it could also be seen as a prototype for the many "travelogue"-style Saint adventures that would follow in future years.

Television adaptation
"The Wonderful War" was adapted as an episode of The Saint starring Roger Moore and first broadcast during the show's second season on January 2, 1964. The TV version of the story followed the basic plot of the original fairly closely, with the major change being the location of the story changing to a fictional Middle Eastern country, Sayeda, located between Kuwait and Iraq.